Join the grassroots movement for social justice in Hawaiʻi​

After the tragic events within the BIPOC, AAPI, and many more underserved communities in 2020, I wanted to find a more direct way to get involved. At the beginning of 2021, I was fortunate enough to be accepted into the Hawaiʻi People's Fund inaugural Giving Project which has brought together a hui of cross-race, cross-class, gender-diverse, intergenerational community members that share a vision for a just and equitable Hawaiʻi. As a collective, we have dedicated 6 months to learning, connecting with the community, and fundraising $100,000 which we will then redistribute back to grassroots organizations fighting for social justice.

My humble ask: I have a goal of raising *(Updated from $3,400)$6,800 in honor of my 34th birthday. In addition to this fundraising commitment, I personally will be donating $2,600 to hit a total of $6,000 which will be redistribute back into community-led organizations focused on social change in Hawaiʻi. I would be honored if you would donate at one of the following levels:

1. $340. If 10 people donate at this level, we can hit this goal!

2. $100. If 34 people donate at this level, we can hit this goal!

3. $34. If 100 people donate at this level, we can hit this goal!

4. Any amount you feel comfortable giving! Every donation will go a long way in helping ensure grassroots huis have the resources they need to continue their important work here in Hawaiʻi.

Thank you so much for landing on this page and reading about the Hawaiʻi People's Fund Giving Project. For more information on the Hawaiʻi Peopleʻs Fund or to see some examples of organizations they have provided grants to in the past see the below. If you have any other questions or would like to discuss what we are doing, please do not hesitate to reach out to me personally!

Hawaiʻi People's Fund: https://www.hawaiipeoplesfund.org/about-us/

Examples of HPF Grantees:

- Native Stories: Native Stories is a non-profit audio content platform and production house focused on providing access to authentic stories and experiences – of its people, place, perspective, history and culture – in service to those that came before us and the understanding of life that should be passed down through generations and around the world. It provides access to outside and in-house produced content through a mobile app and website.

- The Pōpolo Project: The Pōpolo Project is a Hawai‘i-based nonprofit organization that redefines what it means to be Black in Hawai‘i and in the world through cultivating radical reconnection to ourselves, our community, our ancestors, and the land, changing what we commonly think of as Local and highlighting the vivid, complex diversity of Blackness.

- Na Mahiʻai ʻo Keanae: Na Mahiʻai ʻo Keanae is a nonprofit organization with the goal to improve the socio-economic conditions of the Keanae community, farmers, youth and their families. We will help to create programs and opportunities to increase cultural knowledge, cultural vocation, and support the sustainability of Keanae.

- ʻAha Wāhine Kūhinapapa: ʻAha Wāhine Kūhinapapa: gathers wahine to inspire, inquire, invest, and invigorate each other with ʻike, aloha, and kuleana. Formed in 2011 in response to numerous inquiries from Hawaiian women seeking knowledge and opportunities for personal and professional development, they partner with indigenous businesses and organizations that elevate the status of wāhine, have environmentally friendly policies and practices, and are fair and charitable within their communities